signed in sumi ink, Yoshida, with red artist's seal Hiroshi, with jizuri ('self printed') seal at upper left margin, followed by the date, Showa juyonen saku (made in Showa 14 [1939]), with the title below, Takei Bayashi, the English title printed on the bottom margin, Bamboo Wood, and signed in penciled script, Hiroshi Yoshida, ca. 1939